NMB Loc. 17284 - Rio Yaque del Norte [Baitoa Fm]: Burdigalian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aminensis
(Dall 1900)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum latissimum
(Dall 1896)
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Nehm 2001 | 4 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Cymia henekeni
Maury 1917
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) corrigendum n. sp.
Vokes 1989
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) rowelli
(Dall 1896)
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Jung and Petit 1990 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Vasum haitense
(Sowerby 1850)
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Vokes 1998 | ||||||
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Vasum tuberculatum
Gabb 1873
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Vokes 1998 | ||||||
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Turbinella valida
(Sowerby 1850)
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Vokes 1998 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus bifrons
Sowerby 1850
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Freiheit and Geary 2009 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea trinitatis
(Vaughan 1926)
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Budd 1991 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites waylandi
Foster 1986
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Foster 1986 | ||||||
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Goniopora hilli
Vaughan 1919
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Foster 1986 | ||||||
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Goniopora imperatoris
Vaughan 1919
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Foster 1986 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Solenastrea bournoni
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Budd 1991 | ||||||
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Solenastrea hyades
(Dana 1846)
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Budd 1991 | ||||||
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Favia dominicensis
Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
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Budd and Johnson 1999 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.3° North, 70.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.2° North, 69.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44 - 15.98 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 16.3 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Baitoa | ||||
| Local section: | Rio Yaque del Norte | Local bed: | 9 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Baitoa Formation, which unconformably underlies the Cercado Formation. AGE: Early Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 9 m in Rio Yaque del Norte section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified siltstone |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93774 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, A. Hendy | Enterer: | U. Merkel, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-02 03:43:25 | Last modified: | 2012-12-06 13:30:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-02 03:43:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25313. | J. B. Saunders, P. Jung, and B. Biju-Duval. 1986. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic: 1. Field Surveys, Lithology, Environment, and Age. Bulletins of American Paleontology 89(323):1-79 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 31893 | A. F. Budd. 1991. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 11. The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), part 1. The genera Montastrea and Solenastrea. Bulletins of American Paleontology 101:5-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
| 28516 | A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 19: The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) part II: The genera Caulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia, Manicina and Colpophyllia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 356:1-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
| 31838 | A. B. Foster. 1986. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 3. The family Poritidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 90:47-123 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
| 29992 | J. R. Freiheit and D. H. Geary. 2009. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 23. Strombid Gastropods (Genera Strombus and Lobatus; Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombidae) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology 376:1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 43555 | P. Jung and R. E. Petit. 1990. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 10. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(334):87-144 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 42446 | R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 21. The genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 26932 | R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. Part 21. The Genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 25312 | E. H. Vokes. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 8. The Family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology. Bulletins of American Paleontology 97(332):1-94 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 18707 | E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 24476 | H. E. Vokes. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 9. The Family Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 97(332):95-161 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |